3 Cops Caught On Tape Brutally Beating Unarmed Michigan Man

[Abyssal Echo]

3 cops caught on tape brutally beating unarmed Michigan man without apparent provocation.
On January 28, Floyd Dent was arrested in Inkster, Michigan and charged with resisting arrest, assault and possession of cocaine. The charges seemed unusual considering Dent had worked at Ford for 37 years and had no criminal history.

http://thinkprogress.org//justice/2015/03/25/3639158/3

Related: http://freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2015/03/25/inkster-police-arrest-beating-video/70446394/

[fairmaiden]

*waits for someone to justify this with ''shouldn't have resisted arrest!!1!1!!'' ''he deserves this!''*

[Uranus]

Well, you gon get ya ass kicked for that shit. Now ya got jail time and a bruised ass

[fairmaiden]

In all seriousness though, I feel terrible for Floyd Dent and his family. He didn't deserve any beating whatsoever.

The police officers claim that he said ''I'll kill you'', but I find it highly suspicious that all of the police officers' microphones were turned off at the time. The police officers also say that they found a sachet of drugs underneath the passenger seat. Floyd Dent's toxicology report (is that what it's called?) came back clean, and he'd also been working a steady job for an incredibly long time.

There's also another video of one of the police officers with a white sachet in his hand to plant the evidence. That same police officer was also in court in 2003 for planting evidence.

They then said that ''he was driving on a suspended license and he was running from the police''. Even if he was driving on a suspended license, that doesn't warrant a horrific beating. And how was he running from the police? He was driving at a steady speed the entire time. Not to mention the fact that the police car was incredibly far behind Floyd Dent's car when they put the blue lights on.

Although, I'm pretty sure that all of the police officers will get off scot free and go back to being gun-toting maniacs yet again.

[thatcountrykid]

In all seriousness though, I feel terrible for Floyd Dent and his family. He didn't deserve any beating whatsoever.

The police officers claim that he said ''I'll kill you'', but I find it highly suspicious that all of the police officers' microphones were turned off at the time. The police officers also say that they found a sachet of drugs underneath the passenger seat. Floyd Dent's toxicology report (is that what it's called?) came back clean, and he'd also been working a steady job for an incredibly long time.

There's also another video of one of the police officers with a white sachet in his hand to plant the evidence. That same police officer was also in court in 2003 for planting evidence.

They then said that ''he was driving on a suspended license and he was running from the police''. Even if he was driving on a suspended license, that doesn't warrant a horrific beating. And how was he running from the police? He was driving at a steady speed the entire time. Not to mention the fact that the police car was incredibly far behind Floyd Dent's car when they put the blue lights on.

Although, I'm pretty sure that all of the police officers will get off scot free and go back to being gun-toting maniacs yet again.

Just a question here. Where you referring to their radio mics?

Also that is a reasonable and safe distance to perform a tragic stop. You don't want to be too close and have distance between the vehicles in the even a gun fight ensues. Officers also want distance because it's take longer for someone. To charge their vehicles. With their belts and everything it takes skittle more time to get out of the car than someone without a duty belt.

Looking at them fighting him on the ground it looks to me they haven't learned a good method for control of a subject and are just resulting to pounding on the guy which isn't good. There should be wider use of something called the koga method of control. A lot of departments that use this rarely have use of force issues and even less that turn out to be true.

[fairmaiden]

Just a question here. Where you referring to their radio mics?

Also that is a reasonable and safe distance to perform a tragic stop. You don't want to be too close and have distance between the vehicles in the even a gun fight ensues. Officers also want distance because it's take longer for someone. To charge their vehicles. With their belts and everything it takes skittle more time to get out of the car than someone without a duty belt.

Looking at them fighting him on the ground it looks to me they haven't learned a good method for control of a subject and are just resulting to pounding on the guy which isn't good. There should be wider use of something called the koga method of control. A lot of departments that use this rarely have use of force issues and even less that turn out to be true.
I'm not sure which microphone was turned off due to the vagueness of the article I was reading, although apparently it should have been on at all times.

Reasonable distance? If I was Floyd Dent, I'd assume they were going to a crime scene rather than trying to get me to pull over. They were too far back in my opinion. Floyd had driven 3/4 of a mile after they started flashing the lights and pulled over in a well lit place so he'd feel comfortable.

I don't think they should have even had to ''control the subject''. He wasn't doing anything untoward. I'm not sure how police stops work in the US, but according to many comments on some articles, people have said that the officers shouldn't have pointed the gun at him like that in the first place.

The police officers should be jailed and have their badges taken imo. This was excessive force and assault.

[thatcountrykid]

I'm not sure which microphone was turned off due to the vagueness of the article I was reading, although apparently it should have been on at all times.

Reasonable distance? If I was Floyd Dent, I'd assume they were going to a crime scene rather than trying to get me to pull over. They were too far back in my opinion. Floyd had driven 3/4 of a mile after they started flashing the lights and pulled over in a well lit place so he'd feel comfortable.

I don't think they should have even had to ''control the subject''. He wasn't doing anything untoward. I'm not sure how police stops work in the US, but according to many comments on some articles, people have said that the officers shouldn't have pointed the gun at him like that in the first place.

The police officers should be jailed and have their badges taken imo. This was excessive force and assault.

Well see the law here in America is that when emergency lights are behind you, you are to pull over immediately. Not when you feel safe because if they were going to a crime, he would have been holding them up and preventing their response. In the video they are merely two car lengths away which is not u reasonable. A traffic stop does not mean lights behind you, it simply means forcing a vehicle to stop.

When he tried to step out of the vehicle I would consider it appropriate especially after not stopping for some distance. Drawing your firearm is a security measure. It means you're prepared for a danger. The don't know what he was doing or thinking during that distance he fled.

I wouldn't trust comments on articles because those people are usually uninformed too. And there is s reason courts investigate this and don't just leave it up to the in informed public.

[fairmaiden]

Well see the law here in America is that when emergency lights are behind you, you are to pull over immediately. Not when you feel safe because if they were going to a crime, he would have been holding them up and preventing their response. In the video they are merely two car lengths away which is not u reasonable. A traffic stop does not mean lights behind you, it simply means forcing a vehicle to stop.

When he tried to step out of the vehicle I would consider it appropriate especially after not stopping for some distance. Drawing your firearm is a security measure. It means you're prepared for a danger. The don't know what he was doing or thinking during that distance he fled.

I wouldn't trust comments on articles because those people are usually uninformed too. And there is s reason courts investigate this and don't just leave it up to the in informed public.
I still don't agree that the police car was a ''reasonable'' distance away. If I was driving in the dark and saw a police car far away, I wouldn't stop; I'd continue driving at the same speed until I've ascertained that they're telling me to pull over.

Lol, ''during the distance he fled''. How on earth does driving consistently at a normal speed consititute ''fleeing''?

The way he was beaten was COMPLETELY unnecessary. Thrown out of his car? Put in a chokehold? Punched in the head 16 times? Tasered three times? Ridiculous. The police officer claimed that the reason he punched Floyd was because he apparently bit his arm while he was in the chokehold. With the risk of catching all sorts from a bite, why didn't the police officer ever seek medical attention or even take a picture of it to prove that he was bitten?

Of course, the justice system will let all of the cops involved walk free, until they kill someone ''accidentally''.

[thatcountrykid]

I still don't agree that the police car was a ''reasonable'' distance away. If I was driving in the dark and saw a police car far away, I wouldn't stop; I'd continue driving at the same speed until I've ascertained that they're telling me to pull over.

Lol, ''during the distance he fled''. How on earth does driving consistently at a normal speed consititute ''fleeing''?

The way he was beaten was COMPLETELY unnecessary. Thrown out of his car? Put in a chokehold? Punched in the head 16 times? Tasered three times? Ridiculous. The police officer claimed that the reason he punched Floyd was because he apparently bit his arm while he was in the chokehold. With the risk of catching all sorts from a bite, why didn't the police officer ever seek medical attention or even take a picture of it to prove that he was bitten?

Of course, the justice system will let all of the cops involved walk free, until they kill someone ''accidentally''.

I'm not defending what the officers did to him at all. Maybe it was unreasonable, maybe not. That's up to the grand jury.

With all due respect it doesn't matter if you agree with the law because it is the law. If you look on the video they are one or two car lengths away and he's supposed to pull over for emergency lights anyway. Doesn't matter if he's being pulled over or not. That's how accidents are caused and that's what causes response times to be even longer.

Fleeing is simply refusing to stop which he did. He continued to drive.

[fairmaiden]

I'm not defending what the officers did to him at all. Maybe it was unreasonable, maybe not. That's up to the grand jury.

With all due respect it doesn't matter if you agree with the law because it is the law. If you look on the video they are one or two car lengths away and he's supposed to pull over for emergency lights anyway. Doesn't matter if he's being pulled over or not. That's how accidents are caused and that's what causes response times to be even longer.

Fleeing is simply refusing to stop which he did. He continued to drive.
Clearly I'm not familiar with US law, so I can't comment on that.
I have no faith in grand juries; they can easily get bought.
My main point is; they used the fact that he wasn't ''stopping'' as an excuse to beat the hell out of him, which is completely wrong. Even if Floyd was fleeing at 70mph, it still doesn't warrant the police officers planting drugs in his car and treating him like an animal.

I'm not defending what the officers did to him at all. Maybe it was unreasonable, maybe not. That's up to the grand jury.

With all due respect it doesn't matter if you agree with the law because it is the law. If you look on the video they are one or two car lengths away and he's supposed to pull over for emergency lights anyway. Doesn't matter if he's being pulled over or not. That's how accidents are caused and that's what causes response times to be even longer.

Fleeing is simply refusing to stop which he did. He continued to drive.
Clearly I'm not familiar with US law, so I can't comment on that.
I have no faith in grand juries; they can easily get bought.
My main point is; they used the fact that he wasn't ''stopping'' as an excuse to beat the hell out of him, which is completely wrong. Even if Floyd was fleeing at 70mph, it still doesn't warrant the police officers planting drugs in his car and treating him like an animal.

[thatcountrykid]

Clearly I'm not familiar with US law, so I can't comment on that.
I have no faith in grand juries; they can easily get bought.
My main point is; they used the fact that he wasn't ''stopping'' as an excuse to beat the hell out of him, which is completely wrong. Even if Floyd was fleeing at 70mph, it still doesn't warrant the police officers planting drugs in his car and treating him like an animal.

Great thing about the constitution. Innocent until proven guilty. Unless you're a cop apparently

[fairmaiden]

Great thing about the constitution. Innocent until proven guilty. Unless you're a cop apparently
And unless you're a black person, apparently.